Essays about: "embroidery"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the word embroidery.

  1. 1. Futuristic Heritage: Palestinian Craftculture in the Context of Settler Colonialism

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Iman Hamdy Sharbati; [2022]
    Keywords : artisans; slow activism; Sumud; counter-futurism; Palestine; settler colonialism; crafts; heritage; embroidery; decolonization; sustainable materialism; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : Through the study of the creative practices of young artisans in Palestine, this thesis addresses the symbolic and lived time experiences in the context of settler colonialism. It is based on interviews with seven craftspeople from Ramallah and Jerusalem who practice artistic forms of reproducing and rethinking heritage. READ MORE

  3. 2. Hidden Layers of Embroidered Stories

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Domininka Markowicz; [2022]
    Keywords : tangible user interface embodied interaction crafts qr cultural studies;

    Abstract : This paper describes the creative process of "hidden layers of embroidered stories". It shows the process of searching for answers to the questions of how to translate elements of folk culture into measurable units and how to place traditional Slavic embroidery in the context of algorithms and the digitalised world of today. READ MORE

  4. 3. Safe Spaces And The Use of Non-verbal Tools for Enabling Tough Conversations with Immigrant Women in Sweden

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Tamara Janic; [2022]
    Keywords : Emotions; Safe Space; Trust; Migration; Embroidery; Non-verbal tools;

    Abstract : This study begins with an understanding that immigrant experiences are complex and encompass the change of many factors for the person who moves from one country to another. While existing integration efforts focus on the practical aspects and needs of immigrants, some experiences never get to be expressed and emotional needs remain unvocalized. READ MORE

  5. 4. Conservation of Lace – To Conserve and Support Guipure Lace

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvård

    Author : Amanda Fredriksson; [2021-07-16]
    Keywords : bridges; bars; buttonhole stitch; blanket stitch; lacemaking; guipure ground lace; textile conservation;

    Abstract : The purpose of this dissertation is to increase knowledge about how to best conserve and support broken bridges in guipure lace, a type of lace that has no net ground. The focus is to investigate what conservation methods and what conservation materials conservators use to support and conserve lace in general. READ MORE

  6. 5. OF GHOSTS AND [WO]MEN

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Dimitra Tsitsi; [2021]
    Keywords : post-formalist; scanning; Kiruna; women; embroidery;

    Abstract : The project 'Of Ghosts and [Wo]men' proposes an artificial landscape in the new area of Kiruna, that will be built exclusively from the materials of the demolished buildings. This is a way of displaying and giving back to the public pieces of the body of the old city, while suggesting an architecture that recycles the old into new forms and programs. READ MORE